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Glyph Comics Awards unveils 2014 nominees

The nominees have been announced for the 2014 Glyph Comics Awards, which recognize “the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.” The winners will be announced May 16 at the 13th annual East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia.

The nominees are:

Story of the Year• March: Book One, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell• Watson and Holmes #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris• Watson and Holmes: A Study in Black, by Karl Bollers, Rick Leonardi and Larry Stroman

Best Cover• Hass #1, by B. Alex Thompson• Indigo, by Richard Tyler• Life and Death in Paradise, by Nigel Lynch• Nowhere Man, by Jerome Walford• The Olympians, by Paulo Barrios and Luis Guerrero• Route 3, by Robert Jeffrey

Best Comic Strip or Webcomic• The Adigun Ogunsanwo, by Charles C.J. Juzang• Blackwax Boulevard, by Dmitri Jackson• Love and Capes: What to Expect, by Thom Zahler• Yes You Can, by Ian Herring and Dallas Penn

Best Reprint Publication• Early Days, by Mshindo Kuumba• Love and Capes: What to Expect, by Thomas Zahler• Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, by the Fellowship of Reconciliation

Fan Award for Best Work• Boxes, by Whit Taylor• Molly Danger, by Jamal Igle• Urban Shogun, by James Mason• Watson and Holmes #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris